State v. Nathaniel Broughton

Branch, Judge.

On March 13, 2015, Michael Miller, Eric Evans and Nathaniel Broughton appeared for hearings as to whether their probations should be revoked in light of their involvement in new crimes. When the State failed to produce victims or witnesses of each of the new crimes, the trial court dismissed all three of the new indictments “for want of prosecution.” The State has appealed all three dismissals on the ground that the trial court interfered with the State’s right to prosecute when it dismissed the new indictments during the probation revocation hearings. We agree and reverse.

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